Show that you know first aid for injuries
or illnesses that could occur while canoeing, including
hypothermia, heatstroke, heat exhaustion, dehydration, sunburn,
insect stings, tick bites, blisters, and hyperventilation.

Do the following:

Identify the conditions that must exist
before performing CPR on a person. Explain how such conditions
are recognized.

Before doing the following requirements,
successfully complete the BSA swimmer test. Jump feetfirst into
water over your head in depth, swim 75 yards or 75 meters in a
strong manner using one or more of the following strokes:
sidestroke, breaststroke, trudgen, or crawl; then swim 25 yards or
25 meters using an easy resting backstroke. The 100 yards or 100
meters must be swum continuously and include at least one sharp
turn. After completing the swim, rest by floating as motionless as
possible.

Do the following:

Name and point out the major parts of a
canoe and paddle.

Know canoeing terminology.

Explain and demonstrate canoe kneeling
and sitting positions and the proper use for each position.

Review and discuss BSA Safety Afloat,
and demonstrate the proper fit and use of personal flotation
devices (PFDs).

Demonstrate how to load and secure equipment in a canoe.

With a companion and using a properly equipped canoe:

Properly carry, launch, and get into the
bow of the canoe from dock or shore (both, if possible).

Paddle 100 yards on one side only in the
bow position using a single-blade paddle. Turn underway and
return to shore or dock showing proper form and use of the bow
or power stroke, diagonal draw, and quarter sweep. Repeat while
paddling on the other side.

While paddling on one side only in the
bow position, demonstrate how to hold water and stop. Show
proper form and use of the push away, pullover, reverse sweep,
and backwater. Repeat while paddling on the other side.

Change places with your companion while
canoe is afloat.

Paddle 100 yards on one side only in the
stern position. Turn underway and return to shore or dock while
maintaining course and giving proper signals to your companion.
Show proper form and use of the stern (the J stroke). Repeat
while paddling on the other side.

While paddling on one side only in the
stern position, demonstrate how to hold water and stop. Show
proper form and the use of the push away, pullover, reverse
sweep, and backstroke. Repeat while paddling on the other side.

As bow paddler, make a proper landing
and get out of the canoe while following directions from your
companion. Repeat in the stern position giving directions to
your companion.

Store canoe properly.

While on deep water with a companion, fully dressed and wearing proper PFD:

Jump safely out of the canoe. Get back
in without capsizing.

Capsize the canoe, get back in, secure
all loose gear, and paddle the swamped canoe 25 yards. Go
overboard from the swamped canoe and swim, tow or push the
swamped canoe 50 feet.

Empty the swamped canoe in shallow water.

Demonstrate solo canoe handling:

Launch from shore or pier (both, if
possible).

Using a single-blade paddle and paddling
only on one side, demonstrate proper form and use of the forward
stroke (J stroke), forward and reverse sweeps, backwater, stop,
pullover, push away, inside and outside pivots, and sculling.
Repeat while paddling on the other side.

While paddling on one side only, paddle
a 50-yard course making at least one turn underway and one
reverse of direction. Repeat while paddling on the other side.

Make a proper landing at dock or shore (both, if possible). Store canoe properly (with
assistance, if needed).

While alone in a canoe on deep water and
wearing PFD, jump safely out of the canoe. Get back in without
capsizing.

With a companion in your canoe and while
giving instructions to persons who have capsized a canoe in deep
water, empty the swamped canoe over your own canoe and assist the
persons in reboarding the emptied canoe.

Discuss:

General care and maintenance of canoeing
equipment.

How to rig a canoe for sailing.

The difference between river (moving water) canoeing and lake (flatwater) canoeing.

Show reaching rescues using such things as
arms, legs, branches, sticks, towels, shirts, paddles, and poles.

Show rescues using items that can be
thrown, such as lines, ring buoys, rescue bags, and free-floating
supports.

Show or explain the use of rowboats,
canoes, and other small craft in making rescues.

With a helper and a practice victim, show
a line rescue both as tender and as rescuer. Perform the rescue
with the practice victim approximately thirty feet from the
tender. Use a 100-foot length of 3/16-inch line.

Show that you can remove street clothes on
shore (except underwear or swim trunks) in 20 seconds or less.
Explain the importance of disrobing before a swimming rescue.
"Street clothes" means low shoes, socks, underwear (or trunks),
pants, belt, and a long-sleeve shirt. A jacket, sweater, or
sweatshirt also may be worn.

Explain the importance of avoiding contact
with a victim; explain "lead" and "wait" tactics; and explain why
equipment should be used in a swimming rescue.

Swim 30 feet and make the correct approach to a tired swimmer. Move the tired swimmer 30
feet to safety using the following:

Underarm swim-along

Two-person assist

Make rescues on a practice victim 30 feet from shore, using the correct entry and a
strong approach stroke, and bringing the victim back to pier or poolside, using

A rescue tube or torpedo buoy

A shirt, towel, or other equipment

A front approach and wrist tow

A rear approach and single armpit tow

A rear approach and single armpit tow, changing to the cross-chest carry

Discuss the different methods for removing
the victim from the water. Choose the appropriate method for your
situation. Remove the practice victim from the water and place in
position for resuscitation.

Show in deep water your defense against
grasps by blocking and escaping. Free yourself from a wrist hold,
rear head-hold, and a front head-hold.

Make four surface dives in 8 to 10 feet of
water. Retrieve an object on each of the first three dives. Bring
up a 10-pound weight on the fourth dive.

Show search techniques as a part of a
lost-swimmer drill. Discuss search techniques using mask, fins,
and a snorkel (not scuba).

Show that you know first aid for injuries
or illnesses that could occur while motorboating, including
hypothermia, heatstroke, heat exhaustion, dehydration, sunburn,
insect stings, tick bites, blisters, and hyperventilation.

Do the following:

Identify the conditions that must exist
before performing CPR on a person. Explain how such conditions
are recognized.

Before doing the following requirements, successfully complete the BSA swimmer test.
Jump feetfirst into water over your head in depth, swim 75 yards or 75 meters in a strong manner using one or more of the
following strokes: sidestroke, breaststroke, trudgen, or crawl;
then swim 25 yards or 25 meters using an easy, resting backstroke.
The 100 yards or 100 meters must be swum continuously and include
at least one sharp turn. After completing the swim, rest by
floating as motionless as possible.

Show you know safety laws for motorboating:

Have a permit to run a motorboat, if
needed.

Explain laws affecting pleasure boating
in your state.

Discuss with your counselor how the
hazards of weather and heavy water conditions can affect both
safety and performance in motorboating.

Promise that you will live up to the
Scout Boating code. Explain the meaning of each point.

Discuss with your counselor the nautical
rules of the road and describe the national and your state's
aids to navigation.

Explain and show the correct use of
equipment required by both state and federal regulations to be
carried aboard a motorboat.

Explain the requirement on federal and state ventilation rules and state why this is
needed.

Show you know how to run a motorboat by doing the following the right way:

Get in a boat.

Fuel and check motor before starting.

Start motor and get under way from a
dock or beach.

Run a straight course for a quarter
mile. Make right-angle turns to left or right. Make a U-turn.

Show that you know first aid for injuries
or illnesses that could occur while rowing, including hypothermia,
heatstroke, heat exhaustion, dehydration, sunburn, insect stings,
tick bites, blisters, and hyperventilation.

Do the following:

Identify the conditions that must exist
before performing CPR on a person. Explain how such conditions
are recognized.

Before doing the following requirements,
successfully complete the BSA swimmer test. Jump feetfirst into
water over your head in depth, swim 75 yards in a strong manner
using one or more of the following strokes: sidestroke,
breaststroke, trudgen, or crawl; then swim 25 yards using an easy
resting backstroke. The 100 yards must be swum continuously and
include at least one sharp turn. After completing the swim, rest
by floating.

Review and discuss Safety Afloat and
demonstrate the proper fit and use of personal flotation devices
(PFDs).

Alone or with a passenger, do the following correctly in either a fixed-seat or
sliding-seat rowboat:

Launch and land from and to shore.

Row in a straight line for a quarter
mile. Stop, make a pivot turn, and return to the starting point.

Backwater in a straight line for 50
yards. Make a turn under way and return to the starting point.

Show that you know first aid for injuries
or illnesses that could occur while small-boat sailing, including
hypothermia, heatstroke, heat exhaustion, dehydration, sunburn,
insect stings, tick bites, blisters, and hyperventilation.

Do the following:

Identify the conditions that must exist
before performing CPR on a person. Explain how such conditions
are recognized.

Before doing the following requirements,
successfully complete the BSA swimmer test. Jump feetfirst into
water over your head in depth, swim 75 yards or 75 meters in a
strong manner using one or more of the following strokes:
sidestroke, breaststroke, trudgen, or crawl; then swim 25 yards or
25 meters using an easy resting backstroke. The 100 yards or 100
meters must be swum continuously and include at least one sharp
turn. After completing the swim, rest by floating as motionless as
possible.

Describe the boat you will be using for the sailing requirement, naming all of the major
parts and the functions of those parts. The skills may be demonstrated on any boat available to the Scout. While no specific
sail plan is recommended, it is suggested that the craft be under 20 feet. The boat must
have the capability of sailing to windward.

Tell the difference between keel,
centerboard, dagger board, bilgeboard, and leeboard. Explain the
purpose of each.

Before going afloat do the following:

Discuss the nine points of the BSA
Safety Afloat plan.

Discuss the rules of the road in general
and any specific rules or laws that apply to your area or state.

Discuss with your counselor how the
hazards of weather and heavy water conditions can affect both
safety and performance in sailing.

Prepare a typical float plan.

With the help of a buddy, show you can sail a boat properly by doing the following:

Prepare the boat for sailing, include a
safety inspection.

Get under way from a dock, mooring, or
beach.

Properly set sails for a course that
will include running, beating, and reaching -- the basic points
of sailing.

Change tack by coming about; by jibing.

Anchor properly.

Demonstrate the rescue of a man
overboard and capsize procedures. Capsize procedures should be
conducted under the close supervision of the counselor. A rescue
boat should be standing by to assist, if necessary, and to tow
the capsized craft to shore. Self-bailing boats are acceptable
for this requirement. Extreme care should be taken to avoid
personal injury and damage to the boat or its equipment.

Demonstrate the procedure to use in the
following: helping others, bad weather, running aground.

Upon returning to your dock, mooring, or beach, properly secure all equipment, furl or
stow sails, and prepare the craft for unattended docking, mooring, or beaching for
overnight or longer.

Have a working knowledge of marlinspike seamanship and do the following:

Show how to tie the square or reef knot,
clove hitch, two half hitches, bowline, figure-eight knot, and
mooring hitch. Demonstrate the use of each.

Show how to heave a line, coil a line,
fake down a line.

Whip the ends of a line; tell why
whippings are used.

Discuss the kinds of lines used on sailboats and the types of fibers used in their
manufacture. Tell the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Describe how you would care for and
maintain a sailboat and its gear throughout the year.

With the counselor, review sailing
terminology; include points of sailing. Discuss various types of
sailboats in use today; tell their differences.

Give a short history of sailing in the United States, including its importance in the
growth of our nation. Discuss commercial and recreational sailing, including racing and
the America's Cup. This requirement may be completed in written or oral form.

Show that you know first aid for injuries
or illnesses that could occur while waterskiing, including
hypothermia, heatstroke, heat exhaustion, dehydration, sunburn,
insect stings, tick bites, blisters, and hyperventilation.

Do the following:

Identify the conditions that must exist
before performing CPR on a person. Explain how such conditions
are recognized.

Before doing the following requirements,
successfully complete the BSA swimmer test. Jump feetfirst into
water over your head in depth. Level off and swim 75 yards in a
strong manner, using one or more of the following strokes:
sidestroke, breaststroke, trudgen, or crawl; then swim 25 yards
using an easy resting backstroke. The 100 yards must be completed
in one swim without stops and must include at least one sharp
turn. After completing the swim, rest by floating.

Know the Water-Skier's Safety Code.
Promise that you will live up to it. Follow it in all water work
for this badge. Know the safety precautions that must be used by
the boat operator in pulling skiers.

Show the following water-skier signals to
safety observer in boat: in gear, start, faster, slower, speed
required, speed OK, turns, stop, back to dock, cut motor, skier in
water. Help others to ski by acting as the safety observer in the
boat.

In deep water, show you can adjust binders
to fit, put on skis, and recover skis that have come off during a
fall.

Make a deep-water start on two skis
without help.

Show you can fall properly to avoid an
obstacle. Also, show that you can drop handle and coast to a stop
without loss of balance.

Show you can cross both wakes and return
to center of wake without falling. Repeat three times.

On two skis, jump off the wake. Lift both
skis clear of the water.

During a demonstration run, lift one ski
clear of the water for 2 seconds. Then do the same with the other
ski. Show that you are steady and comfortable on skis at all
times.

Show that you know first aid for injuries
or illnesses that could occur while working on the Whitewater
merit badge, including hypothermia, heatstroke, heat exhaustion,
dehydration, sunburn, insect stings, tick bites, blisters, and
hyperventilation.

Do the following:

Identify the conditions that must exist
before performing CPR on a person. Explain how such conditions
are recognized.

Before doing the other requirements earn the Canoeing merit badge, then do the
following:

Demonstrate basic canoe-handling skills
by completing the Scout Gate Test within 120 seconds while
paddling tandem with a buddy.

Review and compare BSA Safety Afloat and the American Whitewater Affiliation Safety Code
and demonstrate your understanding of these principles by answering questions from your
counselor.

Identify and explain the use of safety
equipment on running water.

Explain the International Scale of River
Difficulty and apply the scale to the stretch of river where you
are practicing and demonstrating your whitewater skills. Identify
the specific characteristics of the river that are factors in your
classification according to the International Scale.

Explain how to scout and read a river both
while afloat and from ashore. Explain open and closed V's, shoals
with broken or dancing water, boils, strainers, broken drops,
haystacks, dams, falls and lowhead obstructions, eddies,
whirlpools, crosscurrents, flat rocks, standing waves, sheer
drops, and heavy water. Demonstrate your ability to read the river
where you are practicing and demonstrating your whitewater skills.

Explain the differences between flatwater
and whitewater canoes; identify the advantages and special uses
for kayaks and decked canoes in running water. Identify the
different materials used in modern whitewater canoe construction
and the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Identify paddles designed for whitewater
use and explain their special characteristics.

Do ONE of the following:

Demonstrate paddle strokes in the bow
position of an open canoe on running water, for forward
movement, sideways movement, and backward movement. Repeat in
the stern position.

Demonstrate forward, backward, and sideways movement on running water using a single- or
double-bladed paddle in a kayak or decked canoe.

While paddling aloud or with a partner in
an open canoe, or while alone in a kayak, demonstrate forward and
back ferry, eddy turn, peeling out of an eddy, and high and low
braces.

Explain and demonstrate:

Self-rescue and procedures when capsized
in running water

Safe rescue of others in various
whitewater situations

Portaging -- when and how to do it

The whitewater buddy system using at least three persons and three craft

Discuss the use of inflatable boats on
moving water. Explain how to safely outfit and use an inflatable
boat in whitewater including the type of craft suited to certain
water conditions, how to maneuver the craft on the water, and what
special safety precautions should be taken when using an
inflatable boat.

Explain the risks of "tubing" on moving
water.

Participate in a 1-day whitewater trip for beginners. Help to prepare a written plan
specifying route, schedule, equipment, safety precautions, and emergency procedures.
Determine local rules and obtain permission from local property owners. Explain what steps
you have taken to comply with the BSA Safety Afloat and the American Whitewater
Affiliation Safety Code. Execute the plan with others.